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Re: MANMAN to SAP
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Tom of Bunyon <[log in to unmask]>
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Tom of Bunyon <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 19 Aug 2002 23:47:23 -0500
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> > Bose is still running MANMAN - they did complete turning over sales to
> > SAP -
> >
>
> It always amazes me when people/companies underestimate the complexity
> involved with replacing a full MRP system like MANMAN.  I know of one
company
> (much smaller) who did succeed at this but perhaps the complexity grows
> exponentially with larger companies?  Not knowing much about SAP, I wonder
if
> it is truely capable of MRP type functions?

I think the problem with MRP systems is that reational DBs don't do
recursion very well - they have to emulate it. A lot of the more complex
items have hugely complex sub-item trees. If the combination of trees
exceeds the number of levels that the relational DBs program for, it just
drops the deeper levels altogether with no complaints.

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